Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Sustainability
• Affordability
• Reliability

Environmental Achievements

• Entergy Corporation's commitment to reduce carbon emissions from its operations to net-zero by 2050.
• Exceeding its current commitment to maintain carbon emissions from Entergy-owned facilities and controllable power purchases through 2020 at twenty percent below year 2000 levels by eight percent.

Social Achievements

• Actively engaging customers to understand their expectations and meet them.
• Offering Green Promise Tariff to provide customers direct access to renewable energy and support economic development in Arkansas.
• Partnering with military installations to explore customer-centric power resiliency projects.

Governance Achievements

• IRP process developed by EAL’s Resource Planning and Operations Staff, reviewed by EAL’s Resource Planning and Operations Committee, and approved by EAL’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Advances in renewable technologies and their associated costs.
• Growing customer preferences for renewable energy.
• Prospective changes in environmental regulations.
• Deactivation of existing generating units.
• Meeting MISO resource adequacy requirements.
• Balancing reliability, affordability, and environmental stewardship.

Mitigation Strategies

• Utilizing a futures-based approach to evaluate resource plans under various scenarios.
• Adding renewable resources starting in 2025.
• Implementing demand-side management opportunities.
• Continuing participation in energy efficiency programs.
• Developing customer-centric power resiliency solutions.
• Implementing sustainable solutions, such as the Green Promise tariff.
• Evaluating stakeholder engagement.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Transition Risks

• Changes in environmental regulations

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products and services

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Green Promise tariff
• Power Through product offering

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Environmental Stewardship
• Reliability
• Affordability

Environmental Achievements

• Exceeded cumulative goal by 8% in CO2 emission reduction
• Commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050
• Interim goal of 50% carbon-free energy capacity by 2030
• Interim goal of 50% reduction in CO2 emission rate by 2030
• Ceasing to use coal capacity by the end of 2030

Social Achievements

• Successful implementation of 2022 Energy Efficiency Program, exceeding APSC goal by 133%
• Piloted appliance recycling measure under Point of Purchase Solutions (POPS) Program in 2023
• Received national recognition for energy efficiency programs (EPA ENERGY STAR awards)

Governance Achievements

• Open and transparent stakeholder process in transmission planning
• Three-year update cycle for Integrated Resource Plan consistent with APSC Order No. 6

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Residential portfolio implementation challenges due to post-pandemic effects
• Increased costs to complete energy efficiency projects due to inflation and supply chain delays
• Discontinuation of LEDs for residential use in 2023
• Labor challenges
• Uncertainty regarding future levels of EV adoption, building or process electrification, and behind-the-meter solar adoption

Mitigation Strategies

• APSC approval of the PY 2024 Rider EECR rate
• Approval of 2024-2026 program plan
• Statewide EE/DR Potential Study to inform targets for PY2027 and beyond
• Participation in Home Energy Rebates Program (HERP) Task Force
• Development of high and low scenarios in load forecasts to assess potential future outcomes

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Transition Risks

• Proposed changes to Clean Air Act Section 111

Opportunities

• Deployment of additional renewable capacity

Awards & Recognition

• EPA ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
• EPA ENERGY STAR Marketing Partner of the Year (2023)
• Alliance to Save Energy Award (2023)